5He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.


In Context

2 For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As to the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.

3 The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might are in scarlet, With fiery torches is the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

4 In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

5 He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.

6 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

7 And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.

Nahum 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.